EVENTS HOME
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
9th
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Indoor Meeting “Have Wings Will Travel” Bird Watching's very own Dominic Couzens. Author, freelance writer and professional ornithologist, Dominic will fill us in on migration. 7 for 7.15pm Gospel Oak Methodist Church, entrance in Lisburne Rd NW3 2NT. Entrance £4 (£2 MBS members). See website www.birdsmbs.org.uk for full programme of talks, local outings and coach trips. Tel 020 7722 5638. Email birdsmbs@yahoo.com.
17th
London Bird Club Cheshunt for siskin, goldeneye, and other wildfowl. Roy Woodward. Meet 10.00 Cheshunt Station (NR Liverpool Street). Long half-day. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
22nd
London Bird Club 19.00. Camley Street Natural Park. Free talk. Red Kites in the Chilterns. Phil and Ann Farrer. Ann was Group Leader of Hemel Hempstead RSPB Members Group and Phil is a Chartered Biologist and photographer. Both have been involved with the Red Kite release project in the Chilterns and their talk presents a history of this majestic bird in Britain and its reintroduction to the Chilterns and elsewhere. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
27th
British Ornithologists’ Club “A long-term study of the Black Guillemot colony at Bangor, Co. Down” by Julian Greenwood. This long-term study demonstrates that an advance in timing of breeding is associated with temperature rise in seawater and also shows that Black Guillemots don't always play happy-families. 6.00pm Tower Rooms, Section A, Sherfield Building, Imperial College, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ. Entry is free and non-members are welcome but please notify Helen Baker (helen.baker60@tiscali.co.uk ) by 26th March. An optional light buffet supper at 7.30pm costing £15 is available if ordered by 13th March. See BOC website: http://www.boc-online.org
31st
London Bird Club Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens for wildfowl, gulls and tawny owl. Pete Lambert. Meet 09.00 top of escalators, Marble Arch Station (Central). Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
31st
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Dungeness Observatory & RSPB reserve, Kent Obs. Wheatear, swallow, black redstart, stonechat. Reserve - tree sparrow, marsh harrier, bearded tit, bittern. Café and WC at Obs. Hides, visitor centre on reserve.Pick-up points Parliament Hill Fields, Belsize Park, Swiss Cottage, Baker St. £15.00 (MBS members £13.50). Bookings 020 8985 7642
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
2nd
RSPB Croydon Local Group “The Flora & Fauna of South-East England” - Brian Gallop is a widely-travelled naturalist, but returns to these shores for our talk, with some stunning images of birds, butterflies, flowers and fungi. Old Whitgiftian Association Clubhouse, Croham Manor Road - off Croham Road. South Croydon, CR2 7BG. Second Monday of each month, 2pm and again at 8pm. Admission £3.50. Everyone is welcome, not just RSPB members. Free refreshments. A selection of RSPB goods, nuts & seeds are on sale. Parking limited on site but free in adjacent road (no meters). T33, 64 & 409 buses stop nearby in Croham Road. PLEASE NOTE THIS TALK IS ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, BECAUSE EASTER BANK HOLIDAY FALLS ON THE SECOND MONDAY. For more information contact John Davis on 0208 640 4578 or go to www.croydon-rspb.org.uk
13th
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Indoor Meeting “A Birding Safari to the Philippines” Richard Eden. A widely travelled birdwatcher for 20 years and former Oriental Bird Club Council Member, Richard will take us from one end to the other of this long archipelago putting the bird life into context.7 for 7.15pm Gospel Oak Methodist Church, entrance in Lisburne Rd NW3 2NT. Entrance £4 (£2 MBS members). See website www.birdsmbs.org.uk for full programme of talks, local outings and coach trips. Tel 020 7722 5638. Email birdsmbs@yahoo.com.
14th
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Oare Marshes, Kent. Coastal saltmarsh. Godwits, curlew, bearded tits, sedge warbler, reed bunting, yellow wagtail, wheatear, terns, garganey. Meet Faversham station 10.40 (Cars/Taxis to reserve) 9.25. St.Pancras Int. Faversham 10.33 or 9.22 Victoria, Faversham 10.39See website www.birdsmbs.org.uk for full programme of talks, local outings and coach trips. Tel 020 7722 5638. Email birdsmbs@yahoo.com.
14th
London Bird Club Fairlop for spring migrants. Alan Bell. Meet 08.30 Fairlop Station (Central). AM only. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
21st
London Bird Club Rye Harbour for Mediterranean gull, terns, yellow wagtail, wheatear, whimbrel and other waders. Coach trip. Must book with Neil Anderson on 020 8578 2464. 08.00 from Embankment Underground Station. Bring lunch. £16 +£1 donation for reserve. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
25th
London Bird Club 19.00 Camley Street Natural Park. Free talk. What Happened To London's House Sparrows? Dave Dawson. Exploring current ideas on the decline of the house sparrow in urban areas, especially London. Dave has examined data from counts in Wimbledon Park, LB Sutton and a walking transect from Chessington South to Nine Elms. Information from this case-study in SW London supports some existing ideas on the decline in house sparrows, but not others. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
28th
London Bird Club Wandsworth Common for spring migrants. Peter White. Meet 09.30 ticket office Wandsworth Common Station (NR Victoria). AM only. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
29th
London Bird Club Crossness for early migrants and waders. George Kalli. Meet 10.00 Belvedere Station (NR Charing Cross). Bring lunch. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
6th
London Bird Club Birds and Botany. Totteridge and Darlands Lake for woodland birds and spring flowers. Robin Blades. Meet 10.30 Totteridge and Whetstone Station (Northern). Bring lunch. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
8th
North East London RSPB Local Group ‘Finding Jewel Thrushes’ – talk by Chris Gooddie. Beware--‐many species of Pittas are wonderfully coloured but very elusive, which can start a real obsession. So meet Chris Gooddie, whose well-known book also shows an attractive human side. Talk from 7.15 to 9.00pm at Snaresbrook Primary School, Meadow Walk, South Woodford, London, E18 2EN. £2.00 for RSPB members; £2.50 for non-members; (no charge for schoolchildren). For more info visit www.rspb.org.uk/groups/northeastlondo
or call David on 020 8989 4746 or email
nelondonRSPB@yahoo.co.uk
11th
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Indoor Meeting. NB unusual time and venue! At Camley Street Natural Park, 12 Camley Street, N1C 4PW “Protecting London’s Wildlife”. Helen Burton of the London Wildlife Trust. A walk around this 2 acre site near Kings Cross-St Pancras followed by a talk on the work at Camley St. Walk 7.00 pm. Talk ends 9.00 pm Entrance £4 (£2 MBS members). See website www.birdsmbs.org.uk for full programme of talks, local outings and coach trips. Tel 020 7722 5638. Email birdsmbs@yahoo.com.
12th
London Bird Club Sewardstone for warblers, skylark and meadow pipit. Martin Shepherd. Meet 09.30 Enfield Lock Station (NR Liverpool Street). Bring snack. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
14th
RSPB Croydon Local Group Dr Richard Black of the RSPB worked with our Group in “red-ringing” tree sparrows at Beddington in 2011. His subject of “Climate Change” may well be a cause for the decline in Croydon’s unique rarity and his talk will explain how this might happen Old Whitgiftian Association Clubhouse, Croham Manor Road - off Croham Road. South Croydon, CR2 7BG. Second Monday of each month, 2pm and again at 8pm. Admission £3.50. Everyone is welcome, not just RSPB members. Free refreshments. A selection of RSPB goods, nuts & seeds are on sale. Parking limited on site but free in adjacent road (no meters). T33, 64 & 409 buses stop nearby in Croham Road. For more information contact John Davis on 0208 640 4578 or go to www.croydon-rspb.org.uk
13th
London Bird Club Wormwood Scrubs for summer visitors with The Urban Birder, David Lindo. Meet 09.30 East Acton Station (Central). Bring snack. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
19th
London Bird Club Farnham Heath for woodlark, tree pipit, perhaps redstart. Pete Lambert. Meet 09.00 Farnham Station (NR Waterloo). All day. Bring lunch. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
19th
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Coach outing to Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk. Habitats: woodland, heathland, reedbeds, lagoons, scrapes, beach. Species: waders including avocet, godwits; common and little terns; marsh harrier, hobby; bittern; bearded tit; nightingale; sand martin; warblers; marsh tit. Facilities: Hides, Visitor Centre, Cafe, Shop. WC Stop Only - Café at Reserve £15.00 (MBS members £13.50). Bookings tel 020 8985 7642. Pick-up points Baker St, Swiss Cottage, Belsize Park, Parliament Hill FieldsSee website www.birdsmbs.org.uk for full programme of talks, local outings and coach trips. Tel 020 7722 5638. Email birdsmbs@yahoo.com.
26th
London Bird Club Titchwell for booming bittern, marsh harrier, breeding waders, bearded tits and hopefully scarce or rare migrants. Coach trip. Must book with Neil Anderson on 020 8578 2464. 08.00 from Embankment Underground Station. £16. Bring lunch. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
3rd
London Bird Club Forty Halls and Hillyfields Park for nuthatch, swallow, woodpeckers, breeding mandarin duck, kingfisher and warblers. Andrew Peel. Meet 10.30 Enfield Town Station (NR Liverpool Street). Long half-day. Bring snack. Toilets and café. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
9th
London Bird Club Wimbledon Common for bird song. Pete Lambert. Meet 09.00 Windmill Car Park (TQ230725). Bus 93 to Windmill Road from Putney or Wimbledon Station (NR Waterloo or District). AM only. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
12th
British Ornithologists’ Club “What Colour is that Bird? How to recognize and name colour aberrations in birds”. Hein van Grouw’s highly-illustrated talk will aim to provide the facts you need to identify colour aberrations in wild birds correctly. 6.00pm Tower Rooms, Section A, Sherfield Building, Imperial College, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ. Entry is free and non-members are welcome but please notify Helen Baker (helen.baker60@tiscali.co.uk ) by11th June. An optional light buffet supper at 7.30pm costing £15 is available if ordered by 29th May. See BOC website: http://www.boc-online.org
12th
North East London RSPB Local Group ‘Moroccan Experience’ – Richard Pople introduces us to the birds of Morocco, which are as diverse as the scenery, the architecture or the culture. Wheatears come in variety, the larks are difficult and the Northern Bald Ibis is a uniquely ugly rarity. Talk from 7.15 to 9.00pm at Snaresbrook Primary School, Meadow Walk, South Woodford, London, E18 2EN. £2.00 for RSPB members; £2.50 for non-members; (no charge for schoolchildren). For more info visit www.rspb.org.uk/groups/northeastlondon or call David on 020 8989 4746 or email nelondonRSPB@yahoo.co.uk
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
21st
London Bird Club Tooting Common for young sparrowhawks. Peter White. Meet 09.30 south entrance Tooting Bec Station (Northern). AM only. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
28th
London Bird Club Birds and Entomology. Amwell for breeding warblers, waders, buzzard, butterflies and dragonflies. Roy Woodward. Meet 10.00 St Margarets Station (NR Liverpool Street). Bring lunch. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
5th
London Bird Club Beddington Farmlands for tree sparrows and waders. Derek Coleman. Meet 09.30 Hackbridge Station (NR Victoria). Stout footwear recommended. AM only. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
11th
London Bird Club East India Dock for terns, kingfisher, passage waders and maybe black redstart. George Kalli. Meet 10.00 East India Station (DLR). Bring snack. Long half-day. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
18th
London Bird Club Dungeness for skuas, terns, egret species, wader passage (maybe a Yank?), general migrants, black redstart, tree sparrow. Coach trip. Must book with Neil Anderson on 020 8578 2464. 08.00 from Embankment Underground Station. Bring lunch.£16. Fee for RSPB reserve for non-RSPB members. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
25th
London Bird Club East Tilbury for avocets and other waders, passage terns. Pete Lambert. Meet 09.30 East Tilbury Station (NR Fenchurch Street). All day. Bring lunch. Enquiries to Angela Linnell 020 8508 2932.
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
11th
North East London RSPB Local Group ‘Role of the Police Wildlife Crime Officer’ – when Barry Kaufmann-White came to speak to us last year, many of the questions were about his work as a Police Wildlife Crime Officer. It is a window to view some sad public attitudes, but what can we do about wildlife crime? Talk from 7.15 to 9.00pm at Snaresbrook Primary School, Meadow Walk, South Woodford, London, E18 2EN. £2.00 for RSPB members; £2.50 for non-members; (no charge for schoolchildren). For more info visit www.rspb.org.uk/groups/northeastlondo
or call David on 020 8989 4746 or email
nelondonRSPB@yahoo.co.uk
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
9th
North East London RSPB Local Group ‘Venezualan Llanos’ – the Llanos of Venezuela, savanna flooded for about 6 months per year, are the place to find the anaconda, Orinoco crocodile and piranha. In fact, there is such an abundance of birds and wildlife that it is a good excuse to welcome back Ann and Phil Farrer. Talk from 7.15 to 9.00pm at Snaresbrook Primary School, Meadow Walk, South Woodford, London, E18 2EN. £2.00 for RSPB members; £2.50 for non-members; (no charge for schoolchildren). For more info visit www.rspb.org.uk/groups/northeastlondo
or call David on 020 8989 4746 or email
nelondonRSPB@yahoo.co.uk
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
13th
North East London RSPB Local Group ‘On the Texas Trail’ – Photographer and birder Dave Hassell takes us to the USA’s top birding state, which boasts a very long bird list of its own, then imports some across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. Ten gallon hats are optional. Talk from 7.15 to 9.00pm at Snaresbrook Primary School, Meadow Walk, South Woodford, London, E18 2EN. £2.00 for RSPB members; £2.50 for non-members; (no charge for schoolchildren). For more info visit www.rspb.org.uk/groups/northeastlondo
or call David on 020 8989 4746 or email
nelondonRSPB@yahoo.co.uk
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
Every Tuesday (weather permitting)
Marylebone Birdwatching Society Hampstead Heath Walk. 10am. Free of charge. Several of our members meet for an informal stroll on the Heath to see what birds are around. Walk lasts 2–2.5 hours and usually ends at Kenwood House. Non-members are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet: Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 1QR. For any queries, call Meg Game 020 7267 8434.
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